Packaging device



Dec. 6, 1932. o. N. WHITEHEAD PACKAGING DEVICE Filed Nov. 25, 1931iii... iii! I INVENTQR Oscar/V W y 77m! in ATTO YS Patented Dec. 6, 1932UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE OSCAR N. \VHITEHEAD, OF WALLINGFORD,CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR T H. L. JUDD COMPANY, INC., OF WALLINGFORD,CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE PACKAGING DEVICE Application.filed November 23, 1931.

My invention relates to means for packa ing a plurality of smallarticles of irregular outline, such as screw hooks, screw eyes and otherdevices such as are formed from wire,

for example, and which, by reason of their awkward shape, do not lendthemselves to easy, careful or compact packaging. Ordinarily, sucharticles are handled in bulk but in modern merchandising such asconducted by the so called Five and ten cent stores the call is for aneat and efficient package of such a number of such articles as can besold for a small coin. To that end I have devised such a package andhave shown the same in one preferred form in the accompanying drawing,in which- Fig. 1 is a side view;

Fig. 2 is an edge view.

In the particular form of my invention that I have elected to show inthe drawing the holder is especially shaped to receive and hold in acompact and neat packaging arrangement a dozen screw hooks.

1 represents what I may term a backing member. The upper end of thisbacking member is provided with a transverse slot to form two spacedholding shoulders 22. 33 represent cheek pieces at the opposite sideedges of said backing member, which cheeks extend back at an anglethereto for the double purpose of reinforcing the backing againstbending and of forming a pocket for the articles to be assembled side byside. In the present instance the holder is adapted to receive aplurality of screw hooks H, the hook ends of which may be passed throughthe slot forming the shoulders 22. The shanks of said hooks are thenplaced side by side in the space or pocket between the cheek pieces. 5represents a strap, which may overlie the shanks of the hooks to holdthem in said pocket and against the bacln'ng. If desired shoulders 6 maybe formed on the edges of the cheek pieces, to prevent accidentalslipping off of the strap, and these shoulders may be easily formed bymerely notching the extreme edge of each cheek piece. When the articlesare assembled as shown they occupy a minimum of space,

5 since they rest against each other side by side,

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the end hooks being supported by the aforesaid cheek pieces and theshanks of all of the hooks being held by the backing between the cheekpieces. The construction permits very quick packaging and, by reason ofits great compactness and the security with which the articles are held,permits ready and economical transportation.

l Vhat I claim is:

A holder for the packaging of a plurality of irregularly shapedarticles, comprising a backing member, perforated adjacent one end edgeto form holding shoulders to receive between them the irregular endportions of a plurality of irregularly shaped articles, with means tohold the other portions of said articles against the rear of saidbacking, with cheek pieces at the side edges of said backing toreinforce the latter and to form a holdin pocket for the last mentionedparts of said 70 articles.

OSCAR N. WHITEHEAD.

